| The Continental: The Good, the Bad, and the Ho-Hum from the 2013 New York Auto Show |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. Another New York auto show has come and gone, and this year’s was a good one. [...]
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| BMW X4 Concept: The Baby X6 is Almost Here [2013 Shanghai Auto Show] |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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The BMW X4 concept may debut in Shanghai, but BMW’s next crossover will focus on the U.S. market. The compact crossover coupe will be built at the brand’s Spartanburg, South Carolina, production facility, and America likely will snap up the most X4s. By taking the shockingly successful formula of the X6 and applying it to [...]
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| Five Awesome Things You Didn’t Know About the New Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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Moments after Chevy shocked everyone with the scalding new Camaro Z/28, we began our own scalding-fast process: chasing down GM execs for all the details and back story on this beast. Obtained through some official channels and some channels that were, well, less so, here are the five coolest things we learned: 1. The Z/28 [...]
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| Tesla’s Model S Lease and Financing Program Expensive, Misleading |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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With the help of two banks, federal tax credits for EV purchases, and math that even Wall Street would find fishy, Tesla now has an official loan program for the electric Model S sedan. Company founder (and noted pugilist) Elon Musk announced the news himself earlier this week, calling the deal a “revolutionary new finance product,” [...]
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| 2015 Lincoln MKS Spy Photos: This Mule is Fusion on the Outside, Lincoln on the Inside |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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What It Is: A Frankenstein test mule assembled for evaluating what we think will eventually become the 2015 Lincoln MKS. Sometimes in development, an altered version of a known vehicle—in this case, a Ford Fusion—will be used as a baseline to gather data for an upcoming model before the styling is finalized. This particular mule [...]
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| Latest Skinny on Cadillac Variants: Thumbs Up to ATS Coupe, Thumbs Down to All Wagons |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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In January of 2012, Cadillac revealed the ATS sedan. That car is designed specifically to target the BMW 3-series and similar sports sedans, and it has allowed the third-generation CTS, which just debuted at the New York auto show, to abandon the segment-stretching mission of its predecessor and make a serious run at the mid-size [...]
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| 2013 GMC Acadia “Symphony” Spot: It’s Just a Commercial [The Ad Section] |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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One thing I’ve learned from writing this column is that if I criticize a commercial for not making sense, several of you will argue that I’m “overanalyzing” and that it “shouldn’t be taken so seriously” because it’s “just a commercial.” Although I can guarantee you that the people who write commercials for a living (and [...]
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| Official: Fisker Cuts 75 Percent of its Staff |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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Not long after Henrik Fisker left Fisker Automotive, the company has announced it is reducing its workforce by 75 percent. “Our efforts to secure a strategic alliance or partnership are continuing in earnest, but unfortunately we have reached a point where a significant reduction in our workforce has become necessary,” a company statement reads. The [...]
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| Could the Ford C-Max Be Getting an Update Already? |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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It sure looks that way. An updated Ford C-Max disguising Ford’s new Aston Martin nose has been caught winter-testing in Sweden. From the looks of this early prototype, Ford may only have minor updates in store for the C-Max, which just landed on our shores last year, and has only been on sale in Europe [...]
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| 1968 Ford Ranchero Finally Goes Ice Racing on New Roadkill |
Apr 5th, 2013 |
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Hot Rod editors Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger tried to drive a ’68 Ford Ranchero 3600 miles from Los Angeles to Alaska for some ice racing last year, but never made it. In the latest episode of Roadkill, we watch the conclusion of the duo’s second attempt at completing their journey to Big Lake, Alaska, [...]
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